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English: ca. 1681 map of the Mississippi River system, based on the 1673 expediton of Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet. This is one of many early maps made based on their descriptions of the interior of North America.
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Date |
18:35, 12 April 2010 (UTC) (12 April 2010 (original upload date)) |
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Transferred from en.wikipedia (Original text : http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4042m.rb000005) |
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probably drawn by Melchisédec Thévenot based on earlier Marquette map.. Original uploader was Billwhittaker at en.wikipedia |
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This image is in the public domain due to its age; PD-OLD-100. (Original text : PD)
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